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I-I. FISHER, BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO i BEAVER FALLS CUTLERY COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters .Patent No. 87.767. dated Mai/rch 16, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN HADLES FOR TABLE-CUTLERY.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part oi the Samn- To all whom fit ma/y conce/rn Be it known that I, R. H.` FISHER, of Beaver Falls, in'the county of Allegheny, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Handles for Knives and Forks; .and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making. a part of this specification, in Whichy Figure 1 is a side view of a table-knife, illustrative of my improvement, and

Figure 2 is a section thereof, through the line :v-a: of fig. 1.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in each.

The nature of my invention consists in making the metallic handles or' knives, forks, and other like articles of table-cutlery, with the opposite faces, or sides concave, or hollowed out, seas to produce an orna- I'nentalvand highly finished article, sufficiently large,

and not too heavy for convenient use. I apply it chiey to articles of cutlery in which both blade and handle are forged from a single piece of metal. In a knife, the blade, 0f course, is thin and light. The handle should be large Aenough to be conveniently manipulated, in which case, if madesolid, it-would, being of metal, be too heavy, and not be sufciently ornamental to meet with the readiest sale. 'For these reasons', as well as `to save metal, I make the opposite sides, or faces vof the handle concave, or hollowed out, the concavity being 'of such shape as to add to the ornamental appearance of the knife or other article to which it may be applied` y To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, 4I will proceed to describe the same.

a. and b represent the blade, and handle of v'a tableknife, made from a single piece or bar of steel, or other suitable metal, by forging, grinding, 86o., in any known way.

The. handle, along its outer edge c, as well as in its maximum thickness, may be of any desirable shape or on figuration, the size being such that it can be easily manipulated in use.

`The opposite vfaces of the handle b, I make concave, as at d,.the concavity on either side extending over so much of the handle, and to such depth, as may be desired toy secure an ornamental and finished appearance, and lessen its otherwise too great weight.

A thin web, e, constitutes the bottom of each con-l cavity.

The concavity, or hollow face, thus described and shown, is secured by forging, or other suitable known means of working metals.

The knife or other article being otherwise finished, is coated with silver orother non-oxidizable metal or metallic composition.

v The surface of the handle may be made plain, asv shown, or it may have some ornamental design engraved, forged, or worked thereon.

The sides and bottom of the concavity d, on eitherside, may be composed of plain or curved surfaces, or some may be plain and others curved, or each such concavity d may be -divided by the body of the handle crossing it either way, so as to give'two or more depressions, or concavities in each face of the handle, and such modications I include in my invention.

I do not claim making table knives and their handles I from a single piece of steel, as I am aware that ha s already been done; and I am also awarethat a skeleton handle has been made along with the blade, and

from the same piece of steel, by forging, stamping,

Witnesses:

` J OHN GLENN,

THos. B. KEER. 

